Neighborhood News

Chicago Marathon Street Closures

Posted on October 6, 2016

The 39th running of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon is Sunday, October 9th. The Chicago Marathon involves extensive street closures throughout the City and, if you live on one of the streets along the route, you must move your vehicle to another location by Saturday, October 8th. Towing of vehicles begins at 1:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 9th. Vehicles on the street at 1:00 a.m. will be ticketed and towed. Please be on the lookout for ‘No Parking’ signs along the following streets and in your neighborhood.

Route street closures will occur between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday and streets will re-open as soon as the final runners pass through. The Chicago Police Department will close and re-open streets to ensure runner and spectator safety.

The following routes are scheduled to be available, however, additional streets may be closed by the Chicago Police Department if deemed necessary.

Available Routes
• Lake Shore Drive’s north and southbound lanes will remain open.
• Inner Lake Shore Drive’s north and southbound lanes will remain open from Diversey Parkway to Belmont Avenue Access to Lake Shore Drive will remain open at Belmont Avenue
• Clybourn Avenue will remain open.
• Lincoln Avenue north of Sedgwick Street will remain open.
• Clark Street north of Diversey Parkway will remain open.
• Halsted Street north of Adams Street will remain open.